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  Starbucks will be closed for equipment upgrades on Tuesday, Nov. 12 starting at 11a.m. The coffeehouse will resume normal operating hours Wednesday, Nov. 13. Starbucks’ operating hours are from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday–Friday. The phone number for Starbucks is 210-450-8078.

Jeff L. Flower, MBA, FACHE, chief executive officer of the UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital, was quoted in this news segment.   Watch Now

Agustin Ruiz, MD, PhD, professor and director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases’ Biological Core laboratory and the Keith M. and Pat V. Orme Endowed Chair in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) received a $300,000 UT System […]

This year in the United States, it is projected that more than 2 million people will be diagnosed with cancer. Additionally, more than 600,000 people will die of the disease — an average of nearly 1,680 each day. The V Foundation for Cancer Research was founded in 1993 by ESPN and basketball coach Jim Valvano […]

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common form of childhood muscular dystrophy and one of the most severe forms of inherited muscular dystrophy. The x-linked genetic condition causes mutations in the dystrophin gene that leads to progressive muscle weakness.  Typically affecting boys, it occurs in about every 1 in 3,500 to 5,000 male births, with […]

A scientist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has discovered a pathway triggered in the brain during stressful situations. Halting this process at an early stage could prevent the domino effect that leads to migraines.

Hispanics have a higher dementia risk from vascular injury A new neuroimaging marker of cerebral small vessel disease is related to general cognition and may serve to identify persons at risk of dementia in future clinical trials, a landmark study has found. The study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at […]

Hispanics have a higher dementia risk from vascular injury Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 21, 2024 – A new neuroimaging marker of cerebral small vessel disease is related to general cognition and may serve to identify persons at risk of dementia in future clinical trials, a landmark study has found. The […]

For a second consecutive year, UT Health San Antonio has been recognized as a “Digital Health Most Wired” organization by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), an organization serving senior health care information technology leaders. The award is based on an annual survey designed to identify and recognize health care organizations that exemplify […]

  During the COVID-19 pandemic, community health clubs in the South Texas area quickly adapted to virtual programs to address misperceptions about the virus and vaccines and provide timely, scientifically accurate information. A study led by Jason Rosenfeld, DrPh, MPH, associate professor in the Department of Medicine, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of […]